The American Beagler Forum

I am planning a week of hunting in Mt. Ayr in the first week of January. Iowa rabbit hunters, what does the numbers look like.

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I hunt Iowa every year and the numbers in the places that I hunt were down this year. We still jumped rabbits but they weren't as thick as in the past. A lot of it had to do with the flooding they had in the spring that hurt the baby rabbit population. There were still decent amounts of rabbits, but in areas that I have jumped 20 - 30 every year for the past 7 years we only jumped about 15 -20. It was also bone dry when I was there the first weekend in November so the running wasn't as good as usual.

Big Dog

never been to Iowa but sre those numbers the norm out there?How many rabbits are you allowed ?
Thanks mark

I'd like to hunt IOWA myself. I'm not that far. Don't know where to hunt. Do they have CA's or I guess you all know someone with private land.

Bag Limit is 10 per day, I hunt both private land and game land. Some of the gamelands have high concentrations of rabbits.

We don't have any rabbits here, so don't come. Just kidding. Numbers look good to me, I guess it depends where you hunt. I shot six Sunday on public ground in three hours. I live in eastern Iowa.

I hunt with big dog and went to Iowa a week after he went this year. In one day last year I killed two less rabbits(9) than I killed in four days(11) this year. They just were not there like they were last year. Good luck if you do decide to go.

Hey Steve, I sent you a email. I plan on hunting on private land, I had planned on hunting every year up there, but seems like something has come the last two years. This will be the first time the land is hunting on in about 5 years that I am hunting on. I just hope that I can get up there this time.